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JACKSON'S
BOTTLE OF PUNCH [1]. AKA and see "Jackson's Bottle of Brandy."Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning.
AABBCC. The title refers to the 18th century Irish gentleman-composer Walker
"Piper" Jackson, of the townland of Lisdaun, parish of Ballingarry,
Aughrim, CountyLimerick.
The tune appears first in print under this title in O'Farrell's Pocket Companion for the Irish or Union Pipes,
published c. 1808. O’Farrell (Pocket
Companion, vol. III), c. 1808; pgs. 10-11.

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JACKSON'S
BOTTLE OF PUNCH [2]. Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning.
AABBCCDD. A variant of “Jackson’s
Bottle of Punch [1]” with an extra part. It appears in Church of Ireland
cleric James Goodman’s mid-19th century music manuscripts (vol. 1,
pg. 20). Goodman (1828-1896) was an uilleann piper, and an Irish speaker who
collected locally in CountyCork
and elsewhere in Munster. He also
obtained tunes from manuscripts and printed collections. Shields/Goodman (Tunes of the Munster
Pipers), 1998; No. 42, pg. 20.

JACKSON’S BOUNER BOUGHER. AKA and see “The Cordal Jig,” “Darby Gallagher,” "Five Hundred a Year," “The Idle Road,” "If I Had in the Clear,"
“Jackson’s Bouner Bougher,” "Land
of Potatoes,” “Morgan Rattler.”
Irish. A composition of the famous 18th century gentleman
musician Walker ‘Piper’ Jackson, of
the townland of Lisduan, in the parish of Ballingarry, Limerick.
The tune was first published by Samuel Lee in Dublinc. 1774 in Jackson's Celebrated Irish Tunes, a
volume reprinted in 1790. O’Neill (1913) states that it is the original of
“Morgan Rattler,” before being embellished with variations, and Breathnach
(1996) identifies “Dorby Gallagher” as another title appearing in County
Fermanagh musician Patrick Gunn’s manuscript. The song “Oh had I in the clear
but Five Hundred a year,” published by B. Cooke, Dublin,
c. 1795, was written to the melody, from which the alternate titles “Five
Hundred a Year,” “If I Had in the Clear” and “The Land of Potatoes” comes from.
Breathnach suggests the title might be a corruption of the Irish Bonn
ar bóthar.

JACKSONS' COMBS. A
group of tunes from Donegal attributed to the Bundoran Jacksons, which includes
some tunes attributed to the Limerick uilleann piper
Walter Jackson.It seems that a branch
of the Jackson family moved from
Mayo to Donegal early in the 19th century, and had a number of
talented musicians on fiddle and pipes, who toured the county playing at fairs
and other gatherings. The tune repertoire of the family was taken up by Donegal
lilters (who at the time provided most of the music for local dancing by their
lilting of tunes) who would sometimes hum throughpaper-and-comb to imitate the sound of the pipes. These tunes
became collectively known as "The Combs" or "Jacksons'
Combs," and included such titles as "Jackson's
Hi-Ho." (See also note for "Kitchen
Comb."

JACKSON’S COVE. Irish,
Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. A version of “The Groves (Hornpipe).” The earliest appearance of the tune
in print is in Church of Ireland
cleric James Goodman’s mid-19th century music manuscripts. Goodman
(1828-1896) was an uilleann piper, and an Irish speaker who collected locally
in CountyCork
and elsewhere in Munster. He also
obtained tunes from manuscripts and printed collections. The tune is
attributed by Goodman to the 18th century gentleman-piper Walker
‘Piper’ Jackson, of the townland of
Lisdaun, parish of Ballingarry, Aughrim, CountyLimerick. Thus Goodman’s title, “Jackson’s
Cove,” may be a miss-hearing of “Jackson’s
Grove(s)”, meaning Jackson’s
version of the “Groves Hornpipe.” Goodman, volume IV, pg. 13. Shields/Goodman (Tunes of the Munster
Pipers), 1998; No 257, pg. 104.

JACKSON'S
DELIGHT [2].AKA and see “Glanmorgan House,” “Hills of Glenorchy [1],” “Hills
of Glenurchie,” “The Hillside,” “House
of Glenarkean,” “I and my love in the hay all night,” “Jolly Corkonian,” “My Love she slept in
the Hay all night,” “My Love in the Morning,” “The Peeler’s Away with my
Daughter,” “The Rakes of Listowel,”
“The Rattling Boys of Paddy’s Land.” Irish, Jig.The tune is a member of what Bayard describes as the huge “Hillside”
family of tunes. O’Neill prints versions as “The Hills of Glenorchy” and “Jolly
Corkonian,” while Goodman gives it as “The House of Glenarkean” and “Glanmorgan
House.” The tune appears in Kerr’s collection (IV, pg. 23) as “The Peeler’s
Away with my Daughter.” As “The Rattling Boys of Paddy’s Land” it is in Fonn (II, 81). Breathnach (1996) finds
the titles “My love she slept in the Hay all night” in Westmeath, “I and my
Love in the hay all night” from Mrs. Murphy, Glen Collins, “My Love in the
Morning” from Cork, the generic title “Jackson’s Jig” from Clare and “The Rakes
of Listowel” from Limerick.

JACKSON’S
FAMILY.Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABBCCDD. The melody appears in Church
of Ireland cleric James Goodman’s mid-19th
century music manuscripts (vol. 1, pg. 20). Goodman (1828-1896) was an uilleann
piper, and an Irish speaker who collected locally in CountyCork and elsewhere in Munster.
He also obtained tunes from manuscripts and printed collections. Shields/Goodman
(Tunes of the Munster
Pipers), 1998; No. 191, pg. 79.

JACKSON’S
FLOWERY GARDEN. AKA and see “The Rose in
the Garden [1].” Irish. A composition of Walter “Piper” Jackson, according
to a Mr. Patrick O’Leary of Drumlona, Eastwood, Adelaide, South Australia, who
wrote to Francis O’Neill after the publication of his early collections.

JACKSON’S FROLIC. AKA and see “The Donnybrook Boy,” “Friendly Jack,” “Kitty of Oulart,” “The Mulberry Bush.” Irish, Jig. D Major.
Standard. AABB. This melody appears in Brysson’s A Curious Selection of Favourite Tunes with Variations to which is
appended “Fifty Favourite Irish Airs” (Ediburgh, 1790). James Aird published it
in volume III of his Selection of Scotch,
English, Irish and Foreign Airs (1780-1803). Breathnach (1996) finds the
tune also under the alternate titles “Down the Banks” in Kerry, “The Humours of
Strand Road” in Limerick, and “Making the Hay” or “Shake
the Hay” in CountyWexford.
O’Neill (1922) remarks: “An anonymous variant of ‘Jackson's
Frolic’ was memorized from the fluting of James Moore in Chicago
some fifty years ago. Another version of the tune heard later differed so
materially in the second part, that it was added as a third part to Moore's
variant, and printed as ‘Kitty of Oulart’ in former O'Neill collections.” The Jackson
of the title refers to the 18th century Irish gentleman-composer Walker
"Piper" Jackson, of the townland of Lisdaun, parish of Ballingarry,
Aughrim, CountyLimerick.
The melody is still part of
the traditional musician’s repertoire. Source for notated version: Aird’s Selections [O’Neill]. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody),
1922; No. 130.

JACKSON'S HEIGH-HO (Hi Ho Sheáin).
AKA - "Jackson's Hi-Ho."
Irish, Reel. Ireland;
CountyDonegal,
Fermanagh, Leitrim. Attributed to the famous Lisduan House, Ballingarry, CountyLimerick, 18th & 19th
century uilleann piper Walker
(sometimes given as Walter) Jackson.
The tune appears in the Gunn Collection
(pg. 26) from CountyFermanagh,
although Brendan Breathnach (who wrote an article about Jackson)
states it was also to be found in tradition in CountyLeitrim. Brian McNamara, who found
the tune in the 19th century CountyLeitrim collection of Alex
Sutherland, says it is popular with fiddle players in the south Leitrim area.
Mac Aoidh (1994) finds an identical setting to the Gunn in the playing of Donegal fiddler Francie Dearg O'Byrne, and
suggests a possible northwestern Irish provenance for the tune (see note for "Jacksons'
Combs").Drumlin Records, Brian
McNamara – “A Piper’s Dream” (2000. Learned from the Sutherland collection).

JACKSON’S HORNPIPE [2].
AKA and see “The Groves (Hornpipe).”
Irish, Hornpipe. Same as “Jackson’s
Cove?”The tune is attributed by
Goodman to the 18th century gentleman-piper Walker
‘Piper’ Jackson, of the townland of
Lisdaun, parish of Ballingarry, Aughrim, CountyLimerick. A version of the tune set
as a reel is called “Jackson’s Last Reel.”
Goodman, volume I, pg. 259.

JACKSON'S
HUMOURS OF PANTEEN. AKA – ‘Humours of Parteen.” AKA and see “Bemthe goal,” “Bímid ag ól [1],” “Dance light
for my heart lies under your feet,” “Drive/Whip the cat from
under the table,” “Foxy Mary,” "Gilibeart Mhac Fhlannchadha,”
“Huish the cat,” “Peas on the Hearth.” Irish. The tune
appears in Lee's Jackson's Celebrated
Irish Tunes (Dublin c. 1775,
reprinted in 1790), pg. 3. O'Sullivan (1983) calls it a variant of "Whish,
Cat from under the Table," ascribed to the 18th century piper Walker
‘Piper’ Jackson from the townland of Lisduan in the parish of Ballingarry,
Aughrim, County Limerick.“Huish the
Cat” is the title Bunting gave to the melody in his third collection (and
appears in his index as “Hush the Cat”), while Stanfrod/Petrie has it as “Pis
ar an Iarta” (Peas on the Hearth). See also the related tunes “Bill Harte’s
Jig,” “Bímid ag ól,” "Whish, Cat from under the Table," "Huish
the Cat," “Hush the Cat.”

JACKSON’S
HUNT.
Irish, Reel. The tune is called “Jackson’s
Hunt” in countyLeitrim,
where it is also known as “Magic Fiddle.”

JACKSON'S
JIG [1].
Irish, Jig. A Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. Composed probably "by a
gentleman piper and fiddler called ( "Piper" Jackson
(whose first name was either “Walter” or “Walker”), who lived in either Co.
Limerick or Co. Monaghan, in the mid‑18th century. It is also claimed
that he wrote the well‑known 'Irish Washerwoman', as well as a great many
other tunes, mainly jigs." Source for notated version: Co. Donegal fiddler
Tommy Peoples [Boys of the Lough]. Boys
of the Lough, 1977; pg. 19. Green Linnet SIF‑3041,
Matt Molloy ‑ "Stony Steps" (1989). Green Linnet SIF‑104,
Matt Molloy ‑ "The Celts RIse Again" (1990). Transatlantic TRA
311, Boys of the Lough ‑ "Lochaber No More."

JACKSON’S JIG [5]. AKA and see “Drown Drowth,” “Give Us a Drink of Water [1],”
“There is No Milk in the
House.”Irish, Slip Jig. G Major.
Standard tuning. AAB. Breathnach seriously doubts whether this tune was an
actual composition of the famous 18th century uilleann piper Walker
“Piper” Jackson, whose name is used for many tunes, correctly or not. Source
for notated version: Andy Conroy (New York,
originally from Lough Glynn and Dublin)
[Breathnach]. Breathnach (Ceol II,
1), 1965; No. 7. Breathnach (The Man and
His Music), 1997; No. 7, pg. 9.

JACKSON’S LAKE. AKA and see “Jackson’s over the water [1].” Irish,
Jig. G Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune appears in O’Farrell’s Collection of National Irish Music for the Union Pipes (1804),
and bears the name of the renowned 18th century gentleman piper Walker
‘Piper’ Jackson, of the townland of Lisdaun, parish of Ballingarry, Aughrim, CountyLimerick. O’Farrell (National
Irish Music for the Union Pipes), 1804; pg. 35.

JACKSON'S
MAGGOT.
Irish. One of the tunes attributed to the mid‑18th century Irish
gentleman musician and composer Walter "Piper” Jackson. A maggot was a
unit of liquid measure, a dram, but came to mean something of small
consequence, or, musically, a slight melody; from the Italian maggioletta or a plaything.

JACKSON'S MAID AT THE
FAIR [1]. AKA and see "A Ghaoith ó ndeas," “Maid at the Fair,” "Peter
Inagh," "Why should
not poor folk." Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB (O’Neill):
AABBCC (Kennedy, O’Farrell). The title refers to the 18th century Irish
gentleman-composer Walker
"Piper" Jackson, of the townland of Lisdaun, parish of Ballingarry,
Aughrim, CountyLimerick.
The tune appears first in print under this title in O'Farrell's Pocket Companion for the Irish or Union Pipes (vol. 1,
pg. 71), published c. 1811, although Bunting gave it earlier as "A Ghaoith
ó ndeas" in his General Collection
of the Ancient Music of Ireland in 1809.In a later publication, The
Ancient Music of Ireland (1840) Bunting printed a version as "Why
should not poor folk" (see note for that melody). The alternate title
"Peter Inagh" Breathnach finds in a manuscript collection by John
O'Daly, in the National Library in Dublin.
Source for notated version: copied from O’Farrell’s
Pocket Companion (c. 1805) [O’Neill]. Kennedy (Jigs & Quicksteps,
Trips & Humours), 1997; No. 84, pg. 21. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. 1); c. 1805; pg. 71. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody),
1922; No. 148.

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JACKSON’S
MAID AT THE FAIR [2]. AKA and see “The Skylark [3].” Irish.
The tune appears as “The Skylark” in O’Neill’s Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody (1922).Both the Thomas Cox and Patrick Gunn manuscripts give the melody
as “Jackson’s Maid at the Fair.”

JACKSON'S
MARCH. AKA
and see "Green Willis [1],"
"Chapel Hill Serenade,"
"The Raw Recruit." Old‑Time,
March. Tune played at a 1913 Atlanta, Ga.
fiddling contest by J.B. Singley of Logansville,
Ga. The title may or may not refer to the
famous flanking march made by the Confederate general Stonewall Jackson, at
Chancelorsville in 1863. It is just as likely it was a march played by a
musician named Jackson.

JACKSON’S
MARIA. AKA
and see “Jackson’s
Coggie/Coge (in the morning).” Irish. A composition of Walter “Piper” Jackson,
according to Mr. Patrick O’Leary, a correspondent of Francis O’Neill’s from South
Australia.

JACKSON’S
MORNING BREEZE (Leoithna Mhaidine Mhic Shiacais). AKA and see “Girls for Sale.” Irish, Jig. D Major.
Standard tuning. AABB. Source O’Brien played the tune as an untitled jig,
however, the “Jackson’s Morning Breeze” title appeared with the tune in a
manuscript provided Breathnach by Mrs. O’Sullivan, County Limmerick, where it
also appeared in the ms. as “Girls for Sale.” Editor Jackie Small (CRÉ V) suggests that the jig may
possibly be related to the better-known “Tobin’s
Favorite,” which it resembles in part. Further evidence for the link is
that “Tobins” had the associated titles “Pretty Young Girls for Sale”
and “Girls for Sale—the Old
Way.” Source for notated version: accordion player
Paddy O’Brien, originally from CountyOffaly and Dublin,
now in the Mid-West U.S. [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ V), 1999; No. 27, pg. 16.

JACKSON'S
MORNING BRUSH ("Sgaile Micseoin" or "Muisguilt
Mhicseoin").
AKA and see "Fairy Haunts," Jackson’s Favourite [1],” "Morning Brush," ":My Mountain Home." Irish, Double
Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB (Roche, Songer): AABBC (Cole, Miller &
Perron): AABBCC (Harker/Rafferty, Kennedy, Kerr, O’Farrell): AABBCC’ (Kershaw):
ABCD (O'Sullivan/Bunting): AABBCDD (O'Neill/1850, 1001 & 1913): AABBCCDD
(Moylan): AABBCCDD' (O'Neill/Krassen). “Jackson’s
Morning Brush” is the most famous composition by the Irish gentleman musician
and composer Walker
"Piper" Jackson, who fashioned it in the middle of the last half of
the 18th century ("1775," states Bunting).The title refers to the tail of an unfortunate fox, believes
Breathnach (1996). His home has been cited as either Creeve, Ballibay, CountyMonaghan (by Bunting), or
Ballingarry, CountyLimerick,
although Breathnach (1996) finds sound evidence that the townland of Lisduan in
the parish of Ballingarry is correct. Jackson
(d. 1798) was a man of some wealth and land who lived in a residence known as
the Turret that commanded a magnificent view of the countryside, although by
1826 it was in ruins having been struck by lightening some years previously. Jackson’s
name appears as president in notices of a convivial society in Limerick
called Cuideachda gan Cúram (company
or companionship without care). Grattan Flood says that upon his death he
willed sixty pounds a year to the Ballingarry parish, half to go to the
Catholic pastor and half to the Protestent rector; Breathnach finds this to be
in error, as are many of Flood’s assertions, and that the bequestor was
actually Miles ‘Hero’ Jackson, a Sheriff of the city of Limerick and the
piper’s brother.

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A volume of his original melodies
plus older airs was published in Dublin by Sam Lee c. 1774 (as Jackson's Celebrated Irish Tunes,
reprinted in 1790), and is probably the manuscript O’Neill (1913) refers to as
containing the oldest setting of “Jackson’s Morning Brush” (which he finds
republished in Grattan Flood’s The Story
of the Bagpipe, a version which consists of only the first and third
strains of O’Neill’s setting). Soon after Lee’s publication a version with
dance directions appeared in Exshaw's
Magazine and Walker's Hibernian
Magazine in 1778; the same dance instructions appear in the Dublin
publication The Charms of Melody,
1776. London publishers Charles and Samuel Thompson picked it up for their Compleat
Collection of 200 Country Dances, vol. 4 (1780). “Jackson’s
Morning Brush” was introduced, according to O’Neill (1913) in John O’Keefe’s
opera The Agreeable Surprise in 1781,
and thereafter was included in almost every collection of Irish music. The
melody retains some currency among traditional musicians today. “Jackson’s
Morning Brush” appears in several American musicians’ copybooks of the late 18th
century, including those of William Morris of the First Regiment Hunterdon
(County, New Jersey), compiled 1776-1777, fifer Aaron Thompson (New Jersey,
1777-1782), Eben Iriving (Middletown, N.Y., 1796), fluter John Hoff (Lancaster,
Pa., 1797), and Major John Gaylord (Conn., 1816). Henry Moore Ridgeley entered
dance steps for the tune in his copybook of 1799.

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According to Donal Hickey (Stone Mad for Music, 1999), “Jackson’s
Morning Brush” in the Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork/Kerry border was associated
with James Gandsey, ‘the Killarney Minstrel’, who died in 1857 at the age of
90. Gandsey survives in folk memory in Sliabh Luachra and some facts are
clearly remembered.The son of a
soldier in Ross Castle and a native Killarney mother, Gandsey was almost
completely blinded in infancy by smallpox. He became known as Lord Headley’s
Piper and contributed several tunes to the regional repertoire, including as
well “Madame Bonaparte” and “The Fox Chase.” He is buried in Muckross
Abbey, Killarney, where a plaque has been erected in his memory.

JACKSON’S NIGHT CAP. AKA and see “The Catholic Boys,” “Loosen the
belt,” “Loosen the belt on her,” “The Night Dance,”
“The Piper’s Welcome,” “Rattle the
Bottles,” “Strike the Gay Harp,”
“Strike the Young Harp.” Irish,
Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. A composition credited to the
famous 18th century gentleman musician Walker
‘Piper’ Jackson, of the townland of Lisduan, in the parish of Ballingarry, Limerick.
The tune was first published by Samuel Lee in Dublinc. 1774 in Jackson's Celebrated Irish Tunes, a
volume reprinted in 1790. It also appears in Brysson’s A Curious Selection of Favourite Tunes with Variations (Edinburgh,
1790) to which is appended “Fifty Favourite Irish Airs.” It is still in the
traditional repertoire. “The Catholic Boys” is an alternate title from CountyTipperary. O’Farrell (National Irish Music for the Union Pipes),
1804; pg. 34.

JACKSON’S
OVER THE WATER [1]. AKA and see “Jackson’s Lake.” Irish, Jig.
F Major. Standard tuning. AABB. A composition of the famous 18th
century gentleman musician Walker
‘Piper’ Jackson, of the townland of Lisduan, in the parish of Ballingarry, Limerick.
The tune was first published by Samuel Lee in Dublinc. 1774 in Jackson's Celebrated Irish Tunes, a
volume reprinted in 1790. Goodman gives the title as “Jackson’s
Lake.” Source for notated version: copied from James Aird’sSelections
of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs (1782-97) [O’Neill]. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody),
1922; No. 175.

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JACKSON’S
OVER THE WATER [2]. Irish, Reel. The melody, attributed
to the 18th century gentleman piper Walker
‘Piper’ Jackson, of the townland of Lisdaun, parish of Ballingarry, Aughrim, CountyLimerick, appears in Patrick Gunn’s
manuscript collection (pg. 19).

JACKSON’S PIPES [1].
AKA – “Jackson’s Piper.” Irish,
Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AABBCCDD. The tune, bearing the name of the
18th century gentleman piper Walker
‘Piper’ Jackson, of the townland of Lisdaun, parish of Ballingarry, Aughrim, CountyLimerick, appears as “Jackson’s
Piper” in Levey’s Dance Music of Ireland
(vol. II, 1873). It also
appears in Church of Ireland
cleric James Goodman’s mid-19th century music manuscripts (vol. 1,
pg. 20). Goodman (1828-1896) was an uilleann piper, and an Irish speaker who
collected locally in CountyCork
and elsewhere in Munster. He also
obtained tunes from manuscripts and printed collections. Goodman, vol.
III, pg. 89. Shields/Goodman (Tunes of the Munster
Pipers), 1998; No. 413, pg. 163.

JACKSON'S PUNCH BOWL. AKA – “Jackson’s Bowl of Punch.” AKA and see “The Figure of Three.” Irish, Double
Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABBCCDD. The word ‘punch' derives from a
Hindi word, panch, meaning ‘five’,
because of its five ingredients: spirits, water, lemon-juice, sugar and spices.
The word was first recorded in English in 1669. “Jackson’s
Punch Bowl” first appears in Jackson’s Celebrated Irish Tunes (pg. 2) under the title “The Figure
of Three.” This volume was published in Dublin
by Samuel Lee around 1775 (reprinted in 1790), and is a collection of tunes
from the 18th century gentleman piper Walker
‘Piper’ Jackson of the townland of Lisduan in the parish of Ballingarry,
Aughrim, CountyLimerick.
O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. III),
c. 1808; pg. 35. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish
Music), 1915; No. 185, pg. 101.

JACKSON'S REEL [4]. AKA and see “La Cosa Mulligan.” Irish, Reel.Composed in the late 1960’s by fiddler Tommy
Peoples as “La Cosa Mulligan.” The name “Jackson’s” for the tune stems from
Frankie Gavin’s first solo album, in which it appears as the first of two tunes
in a set called “Jackson’s Reels” (the second tune in the set is “Jackson’s
Reel [3]”). Shanachie 29008, Frankie Gavin & Alec
Finn ‑ "Traditional Music of Ireland"
(1977).

JACKSON'S ROWLY POWLY.
AKA and see "The Templehouse Jig [2]."
Irish, Jig. E Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. The title refers to the 18th century
Irish gentleman-composer Walker
"Piper" Jackson, of the townland of Lisdaun, parish of Ballingarry,
Aughrim, CountyLimerick.
The tune was first printed as in O'Farrell's
Pocket Companion for the Irish or Union Pipes (Vol. II, pg. 101), c. 1811,
as "Jackson's Rowly
Powly," although it is much better known today as "The Templehouse
Jig."Breathnach (1996) also found
it as "Apples in Winter" in Clare, "Kiltulla Jig" in Galway,
and "The Hare on the Mountain" in Tipperary.
Goodman printed versions as "The
Grey Goose" and "Dunkeild House." Kennedy (Jigs &
Quicksteps, Trips & Humours), 1997; No. 87, pg. 22. O’Farrell (Pocket
Companion, vol. IV), c. 1810; pg. 101. O'Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 150.

JACKSON’S SILVER MINES.
Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABBCCDDEE. The tune originally was
printed simply as “Silver-mines” in O’Farrell’sCollection of National Music for the
Union Pipes (c. 1800, 53).The Jackson
of the title was the famous of the 18th century gentleman piper Walker
‘Piper’ Jackson, of the townland of Lisdaun, parish of Ballingarry, Aughrim, CountyLimerick. Breathnach (1996) says
that other early printings, such as that in Cooke’s
Selection of the Present Favourite Country Dances for the year 1796, do not
associate the tune with Jackson.
See also the related “Tynagh Jig” and “Paddy Go Easy.” Source for notated
version: copied from O’Farrell’s National
Irish Music (c. 1800) [O’Neill]. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 123.

JACKSON’S TURRET.
Irish, Hornpipe. A composition of the famous 18th century gentleman
musician Walker ‘Piper’ Jackson, of
the townland of Lisduan, in the parish of Ballingarry, Limerick.
The Turret was the name of his residence, and commanded a magnificent view of
the countryside. The tune, which is reminiscent of O’Neill’s “The Sailor’s
Joy,” was first published by Samuel Lee in Dublin c. 1774 in Jackson's
Celebrated Irish Tunes, a volume reprinted in 1790.

JACKSON'S
VICTORY.
AKA and see "The Eigth of January."
Old‑Time, Fiddle Tune. The title, probably referring to the Battle of New
Orleans rather than his successful bid for the Presidency, appears in a list of
traditional OzarkMountain
fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in
1954.

JACKSON'S
WELCOME HOME.
AKA and see “The Connachtman’s Jig,”
“The Holly Tree.” Irish, Jig. G Major.
Standard tuning. AABB. The tune is credited to Walker (“Piper”) Jackson, a
noted 18th century Irish piper and a landed gentlemen with estates
in the townland of Lisdaun, parish of Ballingarry, Aughrim, CountyLimerick. He was an accomplished and famous dance
composer, mostly of jigs, many of which include his name in the titles (a
number more have been credited to him, although it is doubtful or not possible
for him to have composed them). The tune was first published in O’Farrell’s Pocket Companion for the Irish
or Union Pipes, volume one. A Pennsylvania
collected cotillion in Bayard (1981; No. 482, pg. 450), is a version of the
tune. Also, the first part of O'Carolan's "Planxty Irwin" strongly
resembles "Jackson's Welcome
Home." Riley's Flute Melodies,
c. 1815, vol. 1; No. 310. Source for notated version: manuscripts in the
possession of Chicago Police Sergeant James O’Neill, originally from CountyDown; many were from the playing of
his father [O’Neill]. Kennedy (Jigs & Quicksteps, Trips &
Humours), 1997; No. 88, pg. 22. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. 1), c. 1805; pg. 65. O’Neill (Waifs
and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 132.